they re allowing a lot of water to be expelled out of the main spillway and reducing the levels. there s a storm system on the horizon. a second storm comes in friday, through much of the weekend. and that could bring in not only heavy rainfall, high-elevation snowfall. you put this together, the water level is poised to rise again. that s why officials are trying to quickly bring the levels back down to a manageable state across this region. pedram, thanks very much. you are watching cnn newsroom. coming up to 8:00 on this tuesday morning. i m michael holmes in los angeles, where it is nearly midnight. more news straight ahead, rite after the break.
to control water levels at the lake oroville dam. the water is receding. more storms are forecast. nearly 200,000 people were evacuated because of fears the lake could overflow its banks because the spillway there is eroded. the oroville dam about 75 miles north of sacramento is the tallest in the nation. claudia cohen is live there with the latest. reporter: jon, we are at the top of oroville dam. you can get a look of what we are talking about. you can see the spray that is gushing down the main spillway there and into the feather river. to the right of that, you see the reservoir itself. that is lake oroville behind the dam. over here, over my left shoulder, this heavy lifting and construction work is happening around the clock. these construction crews moving around these huge boulders to bag them up and move them over to the dam s emergency spill
ask them detailed questions about who they are and see if they have any paperwork, but in the end, even those two men who had all of their fingers except for their thumbs amputated, they have not been given asylum yet. and there is absolutely no guarantee that they will. sara sidner, thanks very much. nearly 200,000 people remain under evacuation orders near california s oroville dam. if the spillway fails, a mountain of water would swamp downstream communities. water in the lake that s held back by the dam eased a bit, but there is more rain in the forecast as soon as wednesday. we re going to go live to the area in the next hour for a report. new, a report from the washington post about michael flynn. the report details how the white house was warned flynn might be
concrete apron below that spillway. didn t happen. very serious problem arose when the spillway became used in this most recent event sunday night. water was spilling over there. the erosion took place. evacuations followed. jenna: just imagining 100 feet deep of water in your own town. as you mentioned, catastrophic. beyond anything most of us could imagine. there s so much focus on infratruck khur in this country, whether it s a dam, road ways. i does feel these particular items that we rely on are crumbling. how do you see to fix it? do you see it reaching out with president trump and finding a way to help? down river from this reservoir on the west side the sutter and buke county agency
tonight. more than 2 feet of snow. and the dangerous winds right behind it. and the new phone wars. how some could save hundreds on unlimited data. it s your money. good evening, and it s great to have you with us on a monday night, and we begin with the scene playing out at america s tallest dam. part of a key spillway cratering. a second spillway in trouble too. and tonight with more rain on the way, more than 200,000 people evacuated. here is the first spillway we reported on last week. you can see the waters raging over the spillway. underneath that growing crater. emergency crews can t shut off the water because levels at that dam are already at dangerous highs. with that spillway, and now another one in trouble, the evacuations. many were given an hour s warning, and some even less. abc s kayna whitworth is on the scene tonight. reporter: this is the image that started the alarm. water rushing over a giant,